As schools try to rebound from pandemic-era teacher turnover, some educators and families say they’re especially worried about the future of special education. A severe shortage of qualified instructors in that field has left thousands of students, teachers and families in free fall.
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Penn State’s Speech, Language, and Hearing Clinic has received a five-year grant that will enable speech language pathologists and graduate student clinicians to provide therapy to people with Parkinson’s Disease.
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Shanon Brantley, an Arkansas State University assistant professor of communication disorders, has seen the positive impact on patients of the Parkinson Voice Project's SPEAK OUT! therapy in Jonesboro, and she's thrilled more patients will have access to the treatment virtually as part of a grant from the Parkinson Voice Project.
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Marshall University’s Speech and Hearing Center is receiving funding for a statewide speech therapy program for those with Parkinson’s Disease.
The $280,000 grant from the nonprofit Parkinson Voice Project will help provide the resources to provide speech therapy to patients remotely.
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UNO and 15 other universities around the country are receiving a grant from Parkinson Voice Project, a Texas clinic that helps people with Parkinson’s disease regain and retain their speech and ability to swallow.
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When a student receives special education services, they receive “specially designed instruction.” That could be speech therapy to teach them how to correctly say their sounds, or it could be academic instruction in the self-contained classroom from a special education teacher.
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Learning to speak is a struggle for Jiraiya Grant, who is autistic and mostly nonverbal. Playing in the swimming pool, on the other hand, is a joy.
Put the two together, and talking is not nearly as challenging for the 6-year-old.
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Kennedy Krieger Institute will expand its special education services across the state this year by opening a new school in St. Mary’s County that will serve up to 45 students with autism spectrum disorder, ages 5 to 21, the organization announced Monday.
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Whitney Mitchell holds her daughter Havilah at her home while she has a seizure. Mitchell said her daughter has many medical issues that require a nurse at school but said one hasn’t been hired yet.
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Denver Public Schools systematically failed to implement federally required education plans for more than 1,000 students in 28 schools who require speech and language services, according to a finding by a state complaint officer with the Colorado Department of Education.
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